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» A guide to the Super Bowl for non-sports types

 

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et those engines revved

(read: chips, dip, and
excessive quantities of beer),
sports fans. It’s that glorious
time of year when football
reigns supreme and it’s socially
acceptable to remain glued to
the tube enjoying 300-pound
men with questionable college
degrees hit

that can be appreciated by

all. That’s right, even those

of you who conjure up a

most distressing image when
someone drops the line, “toss
the pigskin,” can partake in
Super Bowl Sunday and have

a good time doing it. Most
everyone knows
how to havea
good time,
but just in

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to do that specifically on
February 2, check out some tips
below.

Booze. An obvious point,
but at a college publication I
imagine few will take issue with
it being emphasized anyway.
The Super Bowl is a social
occasion, and, as such, isa
perfect excuse to have the gang
over, hang out, and down a few
brews. There’s no shortage of
drinking games to spice up (or
simply, spice) the game, either.
While there’s always the regular
drinking whenever someone
drops a pass, picks up a first
down, and so on, Super Bowl-
specific games could be taking
a drink whenever a Manning
other than Peyton is mentioned
by the commentators or Richard
Sherman is discussed.

Food. Again, easy one here,

rn~ but this is a prime opportunity

to bea major glutton. Cover

every inch of your table
with some kind of
artery-clogging snack

and go at it. Chips? Sure. Dip.
Of course. Quiche? How could
you not? Quiche dipped in
chips? Go hog wild, it’s heart-

attack-inducing-food Christmas.

Commercials. In every
other situation, people try to
avoid commercials like the
plague. But on Super Bowl
Sunday, for some, commercials
are the star attraction.
Companies know that a large
audience will tune in (last
year had nearly u0-million in
the US alone) and put some
time and effort into making
their normally annoying
bits as viewer-friendly as
possible. Whether it’s worth
the $4-million price tag fora
30-second slot is up for debate,
but the entertainment value
sure isn’t. Classics such as the
Budweiser Clydesdales will
always be there, but it’s always
interesting to see what other
amusing clips come up.

Halftime show. This is
where the NFL really tries to

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expand their viewership. Let’s
face it, no real football fan would
be caught dead celebrating the
fact that Bruno Mars will be one
of the performers (the Red Hot
Chili Peppers are there as well).
But even those who have no
appreciation for the Hawaiian
should tune in. The halftime
show is as much about what
could happen as it is about who's
singing. Who can ever forget
2004's titillating Nipplegate
when Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe
malfunction” made headlines
for weeks? J don’t think
(hopefully) anything similar will
go down this year, but hey, it’s
live TV—anything can happen.
And just because it wouldn't
be a sports piece without some
real sports, the Seahawks
are going to take it. Peyton
Manning will be shut down
by the masters of holding and
Russell Wilson and Marshawn
Lynch will tear up the Broncos
D. 24-14 ‘Hawks. You heard it
here first.

 

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Island trip

» Women’s basketball loses to VIU

: early into the second quarter

: as both Jettie McLaughlin

: and Adelia Paul got into foul

: trouble with three apiece; this

: deterred the sub arrangements
: coach Courtney Gerwing had

: initially planned. VIU promptly
: took advantage of the team’s

: situation and put up 24 points

: in the quarter.

Courtnie Martin
Sports Reporter

 

or their first game of a

month-long stint away from
home, the women’s basketball
team was matched up against
the undefeated Vancouver
Island University (VIU)
Mariners on January 24. The
underdog Royals were on fire
in the first quarter, though—
taking it 18-14 while controlling
the boards and the pace of the
game.

The pressure of being in

the lead crept up on Douglas

like the second, with Douglas
: struggling to break the VIU
: zone. Douglas fought back in

: to come back from the 20-point
: deficit. VIU took home the “W”

: 77-57:

Short on shots

The third quarter was much :
: of the top scorers in the league.
: [We] were a bit careless with

: : the ball offensively, and that

: the fourth, trading baskets with :
: the hosts, but it was not enough :
: to compete with a team like VIU
: and we didn’t do that tonight,”

: said coach Gerwing.

“The second quarter really

: hurt us. We forced our own

: turnovers and the veteran team
: had no problems capitalizing

: on our mistakes. We also [had]
: a few of our players in foul

: trouble early; this brought

: down the momentum a bit,”

: said Lauren Sollero.

“We came out strong, but
had a tough time guarding two

ended up hurting us. You have
to have a very solid 40 minutes

» Men's basketball loses shooting touch against VIU

In the first quarter, thanks in

part to Andrew Baron being

Courtnie Martin unstoppable in the paint,

! Sports Reporter the Royals managed to take

_ : anearly lead. Although VIU
n January 24 the men’s answered, they still could not
basketball team took hold the Royals from a stellar

a trip to the island to take

on the Vancouver Island

University (VIU) Mariners.

   

quarter Douglas got cold from
the field and VIU began to

: capitalize—resulting in the g
: Mariners heading into halftime :
: up by eight. While most of the
: team struggled in the third,

: Kristian Hildebrandt was on

: fire; he would finish the game
: with 18 points—iz of which

quarter. However, in the second :
: His performance wasn't enough :
: in the end though, as the final

were from the three-point line.

: score was 91-73 for VIU.

: shots to stick with [them] for
: most of the game, but down

: the stretch we couldn't pull

: out enough stops to give us a

: chance at the win,” said Ethan
: McKean.

: well. If we play like this against

  

“We were hitting enough

“I think we did pretty

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By Courtnie Martin

 

: Camosun tomorrow [January

: 25], I will be very happy with

: that. Andrew is the glue on

: this team; he can play all the

: positions, which often gives us
: a mismatch in the post. With

: [him] being a guard defended
: bya post, he could not be

: stopped tonight,” commented
: coach Denis Beausoleil.